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A chronology of feature films and feature-length telemovies produced or filmed in New Zealand ordered by
year of release:
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additions.| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | ||||||
| Hinemoa | Gaston Méliès | First NZ feature film [1] | ||||
| Loved by a Maori Chieftess | Gaston Méliès | [1] | ||||
| How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride | Gaston Méliès | [1] | ||||
| 1914 | ||||||
| Hinemoa | George Tarr | Romance | First feature film with a NZ producer and director. [2] | |||
| 1916 | ||||||
| The Mutiny of the Bounty | ||||||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | ||||||
| Beyond (film) | ||||||
| The Betrayer | ||||||
| 1922 | ||||||
| My Lady of the Cave | Rudall Hayward | |||||
| The Birth of New Zealand | ||||||
| 1923 | ||||||
| The Romance of Sleepy Hollow | ||||||
| 1924 | ||||||
| Venus of the South Seas | ||||||
| Rewi's Last Stand (1925) | Rudall Hayward | |||||
| 1925 | ||||||
| The Adventures of Algy | ||||||
| The Romance of Hine-moa | Gustav Pauli | [3] | ||||
| 1927 | ||||||
| Carbine's Heritage | ||||||
| The Te Kooti Trail | Rudall Hayward | |||||
| Under the Southern Cross | ||||||
| 1928 | ||||||
| Taranga | ||||||
| The Devil's Pit | ||||||
| The Bush Cinderella | Rudall Hayward | |||||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | ||||||
| The Romance Of Maoriland | ||||||
| 1935 | ||||||
| Down on the Farm (film) | First New Zealand talkie feature. | |||||
| Primitive Passions | ||||||
| Hei Tiki | ||||||
| New Zealand's Charm: A Romantic Outpost of Empire | CJ Morton | Scenic | [4] | |||
| Magic Playgrounds in New Zealand's Geyserland | Scenic | [4] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||||
| Phar Lap's Son | ||||||
| The Wagon and the Star | ||||||
| On the Friendly Road | Rudall Hayward | |||||
| 1937 | ||||||
| New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds | Scenic | [4] | ||||
| 1938 | ||||||
| New Zealand Review no.5, Mountain Holiday | Scenic | [4] | ||||
| 1939 | ||||||
| Rewi's Last Stand (1939) | Rudall Hayward | [5] | ||||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | ||||||
| One Hundred Crowded Years | Official Centennial film | |||||
| 1949 | ||||||
| Sands of Iwo Jima | Allan Dwan | War | Location shooting for Hollywood film. [5] | |||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | ||||||
| Broken Barrier | John O'Shea | Drama | [5] | |||
| 1954 | ||||||
| The Seekers (1954 film) | Ken Annakin | Adventure | Location shooting for British film with NZ setting. [5] | |||
| 1957 | ||||||
| Until They Sail | Robert Wise | Wartime Romance | Location shooting at Sumner for Hollywood film set in NZ.[5] | |||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ||||||
| Runaway (1964 film) | John O'Shea | [5] | ||||
| 140 Days Under the World | Geoffrey Scott | Documentary | 1965 Academy Award Nominee: Documentary Short. [6] | |||
| 1969 | ||||||
| Young Guy on Mt. Cook (ja:Nyu jirando no wakadaishô) | Jun Fukuda | (Location shooting of Japanese film)[5] | ||||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | ||||||
| To Love a Maori | Rudall Hayward | Shot on 16mm [5] | ||||
| 1973 | ||||||
| Rangi's Catch | Michael Forlong | [5] | ||||
| 1974 | ||||||
| Games '74 | John King, Sam Pillsbury, Paul Maunder, Arthur Everard | Sports documentary | ||||
| 1975 | ||||||
| Test Pictures:Eleven Vignettes from a Relationship † | Geoff Steven | shot on 16mm [5] | ||||
| Landfall (film) † | Paul Maunder | shot on 16mm [5] | ||||
| 1976 | ||||||
| Off the Edge † | Michael Firth | Skiing | [5] | |||
| The God Boy † | Murray Reece | Telemovie [5] | ||||
| 1977 | ||||||
| Wild Man (film) | Geoff Murphy | |||||
| Sleeping Dogs | Roger Donaldson | Drama/Action | First NZ film to open in the U.S.A | |||
| Solo (1977 film) | Tony Williams | |||||
| 1978 | ||||||
| Skin Deep * | Geoff Steven | Drama | [5] | |||
| Died in the Wool † | Brian McDuffie | whodunnit | telemovie | |||
| Colour Scheme † | Peter Sharp | whodunnit | telemovie | |||
| 1979 | ||||||
| Middle Age Spread*† | John Reid | Comedy | (shot on 16mm) | |||
| Jack Winter's Dream † | David Sims | telemovie | ||||
| Sons for the Return Home*† | Paul Maunder | |||||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||||||
| Beyond Reasonable Doubt * | John Laing | docudrama | ||||
| Squeeze (film)† | Richard Turner | (shot on 16mm) | ||||
| 1981 | ||||||
| Goodbye Pork Pie * | Geoff Murphy | comedy, road movie | [5] | |||
| Pictures† * | Michael Black | [5] | ||||
| Race for the Yankee Zephyr | David Hemmings | action | Australia - NZ co-production [5] | |||
| Smash Palace * | Roger Donaldson | drama | [5] | |||
| Wildcat (film)† | Ross Prosser, Russel Campbell, Alister Barry | (shot on 16mm) [5] | ||||
| Dead Kids / Strange Behaviour / Shadowland† | Michael Laughlin | [5] | ||||
| Bad Blood * | Mike Newell | drama | NZ-British co-production [5] | |||
| 1982 | ||||||
| Carry Me Back† * | John Reid | comedy | [5] | |||
| Battletruck (reissued as Warlords of the 21st Century) |
Harley Cokliss | action | Hollywood film shot on location[5] | |||
| The Scarecrow * | Sam Pillsbury | [5] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||||
| Hang on a Minute Mate! | Alan Lindsay | telemovie [5] | ||||
| Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Oshima | War | location shooting for British-Japanese co-production. [5] | |||
| Wild Horses† * | Derek Morton | Drama | [7] | |||
| It's Lizzie to Those Close† * | David Blyth | shot on 16mm [5] | ||||
| War Years† | Pat McGuire | [5] | ||||
| Patu!† * | Merata Mita | documentary | [5] | |||
| Strata† | Geoff Steven | [5] | ||||
| The Lost Tribe* | John Laing | [5] | ||||
| Second Time Lucky† | Michael Anderson | comedy | [5] | |||
| Heart of the Stag† | Michael Firth | Drama | [5] | |||
| Trespasses† | Peter Sharp | [5] | ||||
| Savage Islands (a.k.a. Nate and Hayes)† | Ferdinand Fairfax | Adventure | [5] | |||
| Among the Cinders† * | Rolf Hädrich | Drama | [8] | |||
| Utu * | Geoff Murphy | historical action | Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival [5] | |||
| 1984 | ||||||
| Came a Hot Friday * | Ian Mune | comedy | [5] | |||
| Constance * | Bruce Morrison | Drama | [5] | |||
| Other Halves | John Laing | drama | [5] | |||
| The Silent One * | Yvonne Mackay | Drama | filmed in the Cook Islands [9] | |||
| Iris a.k.a. Out of Time | Tony Isaac | Biography drama | Telemovie [10] | |||
| Death Warmed Up† * | David Blyth | horror / thriller | [5] | |||
| Vigil * | Vincent Ward | Drama | Nominated for Palme D'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival [11] | |||
| The Bounty | Roger Donaldson | Adventure | Location shooting for Australian/US production[5] | |||
| 1985 | ||||||
| Dangerous Orphans * | John Laing | Action | [2] | |||
| Kingpin | Mike Walker | drama | [3] | |||
| Mr Wrong * | Gaylene Preston | horror | [4] | |||
| Shaker Run | Bruce Morrison | Action / Thriller | [5] | |||
| Hot Target | Denis Lewiston | sex thriller | Location shooting for US film[5] | |||
| Sylvia | Michael Firth | biographical film | [5] | |||
| The Quiet Earth * | Geoff Murphy | Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery | [5] | |||
| Bridge to Nowhere (film) * | Ian Mune | [5] | ||||
| 1986 | ||||||
| Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale | Murray Ball | animated film | [5] | |||
| Pallet on the Floor | Lynton Butler | [5] | ||||
| Mark II* | [5] | |||||
| Queen City Rocker * | Bruce Morrison | [5] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||||
| Bad Taste * | Peter Jackson | Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi | ||||
| Ngati * | Barry Barclay | [5] | ||||
| Illustrious Energy * | Leon Narbey | [5] | ||||
| Mauri * | Merata Mita | [5] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| Send a Gorilla * | Melanie Read | [5] | ||||
| The Grasscutter | Ian Mune | action / thriller | [5] | |||
| The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey * | Vincent Ward | fantasy | [5] Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||||||
| An Angel at My Table * | Jane Campion | biography | [5] | |||
| Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree* | Martyn Sanderson | drama | [5] | |||
| Meet the Feebles* | Peter Jackson | black comedy | [5] | |||
| Ruby and Rata * | Gaylene Preston | [5] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||||
| A Soldier's Tale | Larry Parr | war / drama | ||||
| Chunuk Bair | Dale G. Bradley | War | ||||
| Grampire | David Blyth | comedy / horror / kids | ||||
| Old Scores | Alan Clayton | comedy | ||||
| Te Rua | ||||||
| The End of the Golden Weather | Ian Mune | |||||
| 1992 | ||||||
| Alex* | Megan Simpson Huberman | sport /drama | ||||
| Absent Without Leave | John Laing | World War II | ||||
| Braindead | Peter Jackson | Splatter/Horror | ||||
| Crush | Alison Maclean | Entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| Desperate Remedies | Stewart Main, Peter Wells | surrealist melodrama | Screened at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival | |||
| The Piano | Jane Campion | drama / romance | Won the Palme d'Or at Cannes | |||
| Bread and Roses* | Gaylene Preston | biography | ||||
| 1994 | ||||||
| Heavenly Creatures'*' | Peter Jackson | Drama / Romance / Crime | ||||
| Once Were Warriors | Lee Tamahori | Drama | ||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| Bonjour Timothy* | ||||||
| Cinema of Unease | Sam Neill, Judy Rymer | Documentary | ||||
| Forgotten Silver | Costa Botes, Peter Jackson | mockumentary | ||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| Broken English | Gregor Nicholas | drama / romance | ||||
| Chicken | Grant La Hood | comedy | ||||
| Jack Brown Genius | Tony Hiles | Produced by Peter Jackson | ||||
| Flight of the Albatross | ||||||
| Someone Else's Country | ||||||
| The Frighteners* | Peter Jackson | comedy / horror | ||||
| The Whole of the Moon* | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| Lost Valley | ||||||
| Topless Women Talk About Their Lives | ||||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| Memory and Desire | ||||||
| Saving Grace | Costa Botes | romance | ||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| Channelling Baby | Christine Parker | |||||
| I'll Make You Happy | ||||||
| Savage Honeymoon | ||||||
| Scarfies* | Robert Sarkies | black comedy | ||||
| What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? | Ian Mune | drama | ||||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||||||
| Jubilee | ||||||
| Stickmen (film) | Hamish Rothwell | |||||
| The Price of Milk | Harry Sinclair | |||||
| The Irrefutable Truth About Demons | Glenn Standring | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| Crooked Earth | Sam Pillsbury | |||||
| Vertical Limit | Martin Campbell | Action/Drama | Some Scenes Filmed In New Zealand | |||
| Her Majesty (film) | Mark J. Gordon | coming-of-age | ||||
| Rain (2001 film) | Christine Jeffs | coming-of-age | ||||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| 2002 | ||||||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| 2003 | ||||||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| The Last Samurai | Edward Zwick | U.S produced film shot in New Zealand | ||||
| Whale Rider* | Niki Caro | drama | ||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| Fracture | ||||||
| Murmurs | Elric Kane and Alexander Greenhough | Drama | ||||
| In My Father's Den | Brad McGann | |||||
| 2005 | ||||||
| 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous | Stewart Main | drama | ||||
| King Kong* | Peter Jackson | adventure | ||||
| Perfect Creature | Glenn Standring | |||||
| River Queen | Vincent Ward | historical drama | ||||
| The World's Fastest Indian | Roger Donaldson | biography | ||||
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | Fantasy / Adventure | ||||
| Meet Me in Miami | ||||||
| Memories of Tomorrow (NZ Film) | Amit Tripuraneni | Drama/Thriller | ||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| No. 2 | Toa Fraser | |||||
| Perfect Creature | Glenn Standring | horror/thriller | ||||
| Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut | Anna Wilding | documentary | ||||
| Sione's Wedding | Chris Graham | comedy / romance | ||||
| Eagle vs Shark | Taika Cohen | Comedy | ||||
| Kissy Kissy | Elric Kane and Alexander Greenhough | Drama | ||||
| The Ferryman | Chris Graham | horror | ||||
| Out of the Blue | Robert Sarkies | drama (based on true events) | ||||
| Black Sheep | Johnathan King | horror | ||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| The Tattooist | ||||||
| A Song of Good | ||||||
| Down by the Riverside | Marama Killen Brad Davison |
Film Noir-Horror | ||||
| The Devil Dared Me To | ||||||
| Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film) | ||||||
| We're Here To Help | Jonothan Cullinane | Kafkaesque comedy | ||||
| Men Shouldn't Sing | ||||||
| The Last Magic Show | Andy Conlan | Comedy Romance | ||||
| Pictures of You (film) | ||||||
| 30 Days of Night | David Slade | Horror | ||||
| The Vintner's Luck | Niki Caro | |||||
| Show of Hands | Anthony McCarten | Romantic Comedy | Filmed in New Plymouth, Nov-Dec 2007 [12] | |||
| 2008 | ||||||
| Dambusters (2008 film) | ||||||
| Untitled Charles Upham biopic | ||||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| Avatar (2009 film)* | ||||||
| The Lovely Bones (film) | Peter Jackson | |||||
| Temeraire (film) | ||||||
| Untitled Bruce McLaren biopic | ||||||
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||||
| Tracker | Ian Sharp | action / adventure | ||||
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   | NZFA Events Calendar - The Film Archive - Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua | The New Zealand Film Archive |
| | IMDB - Wild Horses (1983) |
| | Among the cinders (IMDB) - Among the Cinders (1983) |
| | IMDb Guide for New Zealand - Country Browser: New Zealand |
| | NZ Film Archive - Tracking Shots: Close Ups on NZ Film History: Hinemoa |
| | Awards for 140 Days Under the World (IMDB) - 140 Days Under the World (1964) - Awards |
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